New Build - Suggestions Please

[neonsurfer]

I need to have 2 more computers in the house. I was hoping to utilize some of the new in the box parts I have lying around and build at least one new one. I'm not tied to a specifc budget but would like to stay below $800. Any suggestions are welcome.

Uses:

Internet, Email, Productivity Apps (Word, Access, etc), Photo editing, Video to DVDs, Listen to Music on the PC while working. My wife does watch some anime on the PC
- No Gaming- - No overclocking"

Parts I currently have new in the box:

Maddog Surepower 350 Watt SATA Ready Powersupply. MD-350WPS
Two Maxtor 250Gig Ultra ATA 133 8MB Cache 7200 RPM
Microsoft Wired USB Ergonomic Keyboard and Scroll Mouse
Princeton 17 inch LCD flat Panel DVI.

Parts I was thinking about getting:

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $44.99
ASUS P5LD2 R2.0 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 945P ATX Intel Motherboard $104.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6300 $183.00
Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model KVR667D2N5K2/2G $229.99
XFX PVT72GWANG GeForce 7300GS 256MB Onboard (512MB TurboCache Supported) GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Low Profile Video Card $69.99
SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model SH-S182D - OEM $30.99

 

[akshayt]

E6300 is allendale, not conroe.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

Originally posted by: akshayt
E6300 is allendale, not conroe.

nope, e6300 is conroe. pretty sure it is.

that 350w psu: i don't recognize it, and i would say it's underpowered for the system you j ust listed.

on a side note, the graphics card (7300) i would avoid.

but since you don't game, it should be fine. not too shabby there.

 

[Skott]

They are Conroes. They just have 2Mb cache instead of 4Mb.

 

[Howard]

Surprisingly, akshayt is correct. Allendales are Conroes with half the L2 cache.

I think an E6300 is overkill for your needs. Perhaps a slower Athlon 64 AM2 processor would be suitable. Furthermore, the extra gig of memory would IMO be unused unless you used an onboard video solution (which you should)... or perhaps even then.